The Dublin band are well aware of their gilded backgrounds. But, they say, as they prepare to release their glossy third album, ‘We’re, like, kind of dorks’

Everything you need to know about the star’s concert on Sunday, June 25th

Events include Forbidden Fruit, Harry Styles, Electric Picnic and of course Garth Brooks

Working-class northeast England shaped his music, and he won’t let success change him

Programme will feature Irish acts Villagers, Fontaines DC and Dermot Kennedy

Majority of acts announced feature women as festival recovers from pandemic hiatus

Ed Sheeran, Billie Eilish, The Cure and Tool are among the acts coming to Ireland

The music backdrops might be par for the course, but little is held back

Dermot Kennedy, Damien Dempsey and Hudson Taylor head a big Irish line-up

Sold-out Irish shows will be a celebration of their success and a genuine homecoming

Series to screen performances and interviews from the maiden Ballina event

Calvin harris, The 1975, Pink, Jorja Smith, Little Mix and George Ezra among the winners

1975 take British group and British albums f emale artists snubbed for major awards

Expect newies from Rihanna, Foals, Hozier, Chance the Rapper, Soak, Stormzy and MBV

Rock & pop gigs of the week: Frank & Walters, Damien Dempsey, Villagers, Lily Allen

Plus songs you have to hear from Fontaines D.C. and Rosalia